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Mickey Mantle:
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Mickey Mantle:
The American
Dream
Comes To Life®
The Award-Winning Videography™ Program
& Its Companion Volume
Official
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"Big Mac"
Takes
on "The
Mick"
A Side by Side Comparison
by Lewis Early
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Big Mac
(Mark McGwire)
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Category
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The Mick
(Mickey Mantle)
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Pomona, California
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Birthplace
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Spavinaw, Oklahoma
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October 1, 1963
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Birth Date
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October 20, 1931
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1987 -
2001 (15 years)
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Career
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1951-1968 (18 Years)
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6 ft. 5 in.
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Height
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5 ft. 11 ½ in.
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250 pounds
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Weight
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195 pounds
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Right
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Bats
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Switch-Hitter
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Right
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Throws
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Right
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Southern Calif. Suburbanite, "Laid Back"
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Personality
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Oklahoma country boy, "Soft-Spoken"
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Back
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"Achilles Heel"
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Legs
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Rawlings
"Big Stick"
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Bat Model
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H&B "Louisville Slugger"
M110 1
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34 ½ in., 33-33 ½ oz.
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Bat Size
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35 in, 33 oz.
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Rawlings
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Ball Manufacturer
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Spalding
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Dedicated weight training
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Training Method
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Smashing rocks with a sledge hammer all-day
at the Oklahoma lead mines, farm chores, running for the fun of it
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Defense:
Mark
was one of the best
first-basemen in the game
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Lesser Known Skill
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Speed:
Mickey was one of the fastest
players in history
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Career:
1 HR per 10.63
at-bats
1998: 1 HR per 7.27 at-bats
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Home Run Frequency
Career
Best Year
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Career:
1 HR run per 15.12 at-bats
1961: 1 HR per 9.52 at-bats
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Career:
9.4 per 100 at-bats
1998: 13.75 per 100 at-bats
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Home Run Percentage
Career
Best Year
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Career:
6.6 per 100 at-bats
1961: 10.5 per 100 at-bats
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0
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4-Homer Games
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0
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5
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3-Homer Games
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1
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62
(2nd All-Time)
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2-Homer Games
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45
(8th All-Time)
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0
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Hit for Cycle
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1
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9
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Grand Slams
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9
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1
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World Series
Home Runs
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18
(All-Time World Series Record)
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1
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World Championships
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7
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Footnote:
1.
Mickey often used any bat that was handy - some of his most famous home runs
were hit with other player's bats. For example, he hit his 500th home
run with Joe Pepitone's bat.
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We highly recommend
Mickey's Videography™
Program:
Mickey Mantle:
The American Dream Comes
To Life®
The Deluxe
Lost Stories
Edition
(2 hours)
Now on DVD
with nearly 200 on-screen pages of bonus features!
"The best baseball program ever made!"
- USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los
Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live... |
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We also
recommend the second Videography™
Program
in the Comes To Life®
Program Series:
John
Madden: The American Dream
Comes To Life®
(1
hour)
Now on DVD! The original program in its entirety -
not one frame has been omitted.
"60 delightful minutes
- A must!"
- USA Today, The Washington Post, The
Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The TODAY Show, ESPN... |
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Early
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